Since the Corona crisis, we work at home more than ever. That's why products like Skype, Teams, Zoom, and other cloud services are so popular. They're handy, but there's a downside to it: watch what you share! Read 'To Zoom or not to Zoom' to find out about the advantages and disadvantages of these online systems.

31 March 2020: publication recycling mouth masks in repository

In the fight against the increasing shortage of mouth masks, researchers from TU Delft developed in collaboration with Van Straten Medical B.V. a new way of sterilizing used masks and testing their quality. This could be a successful solution for the rising demand. The publication Recycling Mouth Masks is open access available in the TU Delft Repository.

25 March 2020: Extra sources available online during corona crisis

There are many initiatives by publishers to be temporarily more lenient about giving access to articles, books or databases, which aren't open yet. Publishers, information providers and libraries, ICOLC also work together on worldwide access to information during the corona crisis. Check which publishers and which content is extra available now through open access.

Another initiative comes from Internet Archive. They are giving access to all their digital books in a National Emergency Library. In this time of crisis we want to make as much information available as possible. However, TU Delft Library cannot guarantee the scientific quality of this source nor which legal rules apply to this site. Make sure you check the trustworthiness of these sources.

25 maart 2020: Data set collections

On the 4TU website you can find a ‘dedicated’ dataset collectie about COVID-19. These datasets have been added to the repository last week. For now there are two data sets available. These will be complemented with data from various domains: Material Engineering; Logistics; Crisis Management; Medical and Health Sciences; Chemistry; Nanotechnology and Information; Computing Sciences; and, Atmospheric Sciences.

25 maart 2020: Open Access tips

On OpenAccess.nl, the joint site of the UKB, VSNU, SURF and NWO, you can find a page with tips about open access for Covid-19 related research. Because of the corona virus crisis it is vital for researchers, lecturers, professionals, students, journalists and others that they can access scientific information with as few hurdles as possible. On this page there are tips about making available research and papers, finding open research and contributing to enriching the research infomration about COVID-19.

TU Delft Library helps researchers when they have written a COVID-19-related article that isn't openly available. For this we promote TU Delft Open Publishing.